With All Eyes on AI, Data Centers Are Commercial Real Estate’s Jewel for 2026 (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
The data center sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, but access to power remains a significant constraint on the pace of new capacity delivery in certain markets.
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Trump Moves to Have Tech Giants Pay for Surging Power Costs (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
Trump’s plan targets tech giants to fund $15B in power plants, addressing AI-driven energy demands while shielding households from rising costs.
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Soluna Expands Texas Campus With 100 MW AI-Ready Data Center (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
A partnership with data center developer Metrobloks for Kati 2 marks the latest stage in Soluna’s digital infrastructure investment plan.
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Microsoft Shifts to Community-First Model for Scaling AI Infrastructure (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
Microsoft said future AI data centers will pay full power and infrastructure costs while prioritizing local jobs, water stewardship, and tax revenue.
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New ‘AI Pods’ Bring Low-Latency Compute to Smaller US Cities (Thu, 15 Jan 2026)
Connected modular compute clusters will accelerate low-latency AI deployments, boosting inferencing capabilities in smaller cities across the US.
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Google Chrome now lets you turn off on-device AI model powering scam detection (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
Google Chrome now lets you delete the local AI models that power the "Enhanced Protection" feature, which was upgraded with AI capabilities last year. [...]
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Credential-stealing Chrome extensions target enterprise HR platforms (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
Malicious Chrome extensions on the Chrome Web Store masquerading as productivity and security tools for enterprise HR and ERP platforms were discovered stealing authentication credentials or blocking management pages used to respond to security incidents. [...]
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Malicious GhostPoster browser extensions found with 840,000 installs (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
Another set of 17 malicious extensions linked to the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge stores, where they accumulated a total of 840,000 installations. [...]
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Black Basta Ransomware Leader Added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Black Basta. In addition, the group's alleged leader, a 35-year-old Russian national named Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov (Нефедов Олег Евгеньевич), has been added to the European Union's Most Wanted and INTERPOL's Red Notice lists, authorities
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OpenAI to Show Ads in ChatGPT for Logged-In U.S. Adults on Free and Go Plans (Sat, 17 Jan 2026)
OpenAI on Friday said it would start showing ads in ChatGPT to logged-in adult U.S. users in both the free and ChatGPT Go tiers in the coming weeks, as the artificial intelligence (AI) company expanded access to its low-cost subscription globally. "You need to know that your data and conversations are protected and never sold to advertisers," OpenAI said. "And we need to keep a high bar and give
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GootLoader Malware Uses 500–1,000 Concatenated ZIP Archives to Evade Detection (Fri, 16 Jan 2026)
The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that's designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 archives. "The actor creates a malformed archive as an anti-analysis technique," Expel security researcher Aaron Walton said in a report shared with The Hacker News. "That is, many unarchiving tools
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